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a-perpetual-mess · 6 days
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i think probably magic is real.
the thing is that i was a teacher for a long time and sometimes i come back to this moment in the classroom where a 7 year old asked me are mermaids real? and i stared at her and had no idea how to answer.
for a really long time i just assumed that glow-in-the-dark paint/etc was a result of something made in a lab. i just recently found out that a specific mine in new jersey that just has rocks that do that naturally and it sent me for a loop about stuff.
because first of all - let's be honest, all of us: if there was going to be a naturally-occurring location for uv-activated glow-in-the-dark rocks? it would have to be in New Jersey. that's just the place that makes the most sense for that to happen. probably 10 thousand years ago cavemen were like. "oh this place is gonna be new jersey one day. this has new jersey energy."
the rocks only glow in the presence of uv light and are otherwise just normal rocks. in lord of the rings, there's a special sword that glows in the presence of orcs. it is magic, except that's a real thing that exists (and exists, as we have discussed, in new jersey, of all places). i guess maybe this implies orcs give off uv light.
yeah, okay. magic is just science. i know all the stuff about how ghosts are probably just caused by vibrating pipes. i knew about how there's a reason-for-all-of-this. but what do you mean that there's rocks that give you poison damage if you touch them. what do you mean that we live on the same planet as electric eels. what do you mean that a battery just, like - stores power?
and i don't know. in 20 years maybe they will find a mermaid but they will say something like well she's technically not a mermaid she's this other species, she has whiskers and not hair. and i will have to travel back in time and tell a 7 year old not technically, but there's something that is like a mermaid.
and she will look at me and think that what i am saying is science means magic isn't real and what i am actually saying is science is our word for why magic works. and then i will teach her about uv rocks, and new jersey. i will tell her to be a scientist, which is the same thing as being a wizard. there is probably a reason why sci-fi and fantasy are often grouped together. it is very lucky to be here, i think. if you squint, the improbability of it all - it does kind of feel like spellwork.
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a-perpetual-mess · 6 days
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it really is insane how waking up early will grant you access to some of the most beautiful sights and sensations in the world that will make you want to live forever, but only if you overcome the gauntlet of a thousand razors that is getting out of bed early. truly one of life's little saw traps.
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a-perpetual-mess · 9 days
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also the third house au together. i would honestly let them kill me
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a-perpetual-mess · 20 days
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why do all the words sound heavier in my native language?
—  @metamorphesque, Yoojin Grace Wuertz (Mother Tongue), Still Dancing: An Interview With Ilya Kaminsky (by Garth Greenwell), Jhumpa Lahiri (Translating Myself and Others), @lifeinpoetry
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a-perpetual-mess · 21 days
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the lady and her knight
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a-perpetual-mess · 1 month
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Something about the whole "Eming is born of Hua Cheng's desire to live and Rouye is born of Xie Lian's desire to die," and then how Xie Lian wears funeral colours and Hua Cheng wears wedding colours. God oriented towards death and stillness and self-denial. Ghost oriented towards life and hope and happiness.
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a-perpetual-mess · 1 month
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Hua Cheng's devotion is something out of this world. He is unwavering in what he believes in, has an unbreakable determination, nothing but Xie Lian (his limit) can stop him.
He is firm as a mountain, he is karma and justice. What they give him, he will return twice as much, whether in a good way or a bad way.
He is very rational and cold-blooded until the subject is Xie Lian, because when it comes to Xie Lian he becomes unpredictable (especially in the eyes of those who don't know him), he goes crazy and breaks the rules he himself created, he kills and die a thousand times if it means Xie Lian will be okay.
Hua Cheng fights, protects and cares, he is the first and last devotee.
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a-perpetual-mess · 1 month
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its so funny xie lian does not give a fuck abt what ppl are saying about hua cheng.
heavenly court: hua cheng was there?????? he is the cruelest, most dangerous being in existence!! don't mess with him!!
xie lian: if he’s as cruel as you say, then why is he so kind, handsome and sexy? 🤨
heavenly court: he's the carnal evil! stay away from him!!!!!
xie lian: too late, we got married 🤭
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a-perpetual-mess · 1 month
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in a turn of events that surprises no one, i have once again been thinking about them
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a-perpetual-mess · 1 month
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Hey!
HEY!
Have you seen this?????
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS????
THESE ARE
SCREENSHOTS
FROM AN ADVERTISEMENT VIDEO
FOR NOODLES
The noodle brand is “Man Xiao Bao” by the way
WITH OFFICIAL DONGHUA DUB
HELLO??????????
SOURCE: WEIBO, TWITTER
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a-perpetual-mess · 1 month
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Ok but, like, the way that Xie Lian and Hua Cheng are individually the strongest characters of their show, but when it comes to each other they're like daisies?? In the wind?
Like, Hua Cheng, right? One of, if not the strongest ghosts in the entire ghost realm. Always ready to fight. Always prepared. But the second Xie Lian appears
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He is grabbed and just FLUNG across the room!
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The fact that he didn't stick the landing makes me think he just ragdolled! Bruh ragdolled!
And Xie Lian!
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~Just wisped away~
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"Hello again :)"
And Xie Lian's got fast reflexes! Like, remember the dude from season one?
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Not a problem. Not a single fuck to spare.
But this guy
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"~Oh nooo~! I guess I'm slowly getting kidnaaapped!~"
Like, This is intentional! These are moments they both allow to happen!
That is adorable.
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a-perpetual-mess · 1 month
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I think it's very significant Hua Cheng's power involves rain because the event that started Xie Lian's suffering was a drought, so it's as if when he emerged to protect him, he said: "if it was wrong for gods to answer prayers for rain, a ghost will. And the heavens will bleed for it".
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a-perpetual-mess · 1 month
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what if i lose my mind btw
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tgcf as shitposts vol. 7
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a-perpetual-mess · 1 month
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Time has brought your heart to me 🦋
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TGCF is a comedy, actually
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